Fantasy Focus Show League Draft 🏈

Summary

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Fantasy Focus Football – Fantasy Focus Show League Draft 🏈

Date: August 29, 2025
Hosts: Field Yates, Daniel Dopp, Mike Clay, Stephania Bell
Episode Theme: ESPN’s Fantasy experts draft their annual “Show League,” giving real-time strategies, cracking jokes, and debating picks as they go. This is not a mock—these picks count, and all the marbles (and office bragging rights) are on the line.

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Episode Overview

This episode brings listeners directly into the ESPN team’s live Show League draft, revealing the panel’s strategies, top pick dilemmas, injury impacts, rookie hype, and plenty of banter. Hosts reflect on last year's league, discuss the quirks of a 12-team, three-WR starting lineup, and react to breaking NFL news (including a wild Micah Parsons trade). The draft reveals how the experts pivot when sniped, value positional scarcity, and balance upside with reliability.

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Key Draft Discussion Points & Draft Board Insights

1. League Format and Participants (03:00–04:00)

• 12-team league with each expert playing for keeps.
• Notable participants: Field Yates (10th pick), Mike Clay (3rd), Daniel Dopp (5th), Stefania Bell (8th), Liz Loza (9th), E. Moody, Matt Walsh (Trophy Smack), and show producers.
• Three wide receivers start, adding WR value and changing draft dynamics.

2. Top Picks and Initial Draft Strategy (03:20–07:00)

• Mike’s lottery luck lands him pick #3, Daniel at #5, Field at #10 (the "caboose"), lamenting never landing a top 4 pick this year:

  “I have yet to in any of the leagues that I have drafted take Jamar Chase, Bijan Robinson, Jameer Gibbs, or Justin Jefferson.” (Field Yates, 03:27)

• Mike snags Bijan Robinson at 3, Daniel lands Christian McCaffrey at 5—styles set early.

3. Notable Draft Trends and Player Debates

Wide Receiver Value Skyrockets (08:18–09:00)

• Field double-dips WR as positional scarcity grows:

  “We start three receivers in this format, not two... Receivers just a hair more important.” (Mike Clay, 08:18)

• Brock Bowers (TE) seen as a mid-to-late second round staple in 12-teamers.

Quarterback & Tight End Priority (09:22–09:47)

• Early QBs: Jaden Daniels and Josh Allen go by end of round 2.
• Steep dropoff after elite QB/TE tier—wait for value or risk missing the position.

Injury Risk and ADP Movement (10:23–12:09)

• Downside for high-upside, injury-prone players debated:

  “There’s something about me...a little nervous about A.J. Brown...I always get stuck with AJ Brown and he always defies the odds.” (Mike Clay, 11:40)

4. Running Back Depth Crisis (10:10–12:30)

• Mike: “Running back dries up and it’s getting worse as we hear more about timeshares.”
• Team build philosophy: Secure RB depth early, get creative late.

5. Rookies & Breakout Candidates (14:27–15:31, 22:06)

• Lots of rookie fever: Xavier Worthy (KC WR) cited for immediate impact with Rashi Rice missing 6 games, a “lot of upside.” Daniel nabs Emeka Egbuka (OSU/rookie WR) in round 6.
• Tedro McMillan, Xavier Legette, and other Panthers WRs discussed as “sneaky guys” with late-round promise.

6. Late-Round & Bench Philosophy (29:04–38:03)

• Dart throws at RB with ambiguous depth charts (e.g., Dameon Pierce, Kendre Miller, Samson).
• Mark Andrews falls to 11th round: “Even guys we don’t like can fall too far, and that’s too far for Mark Andrews.” (Mike Clay, 35:21)
• Streaming QBs/TE strategies abound.
• Darnell Mooney, Cortland Sutton, and Xavier Legette cited as “projections sneaks” with volume upside.

7. Team Reviews and Banter (51:05–56:51)

• Each expert reviews their own roster, highlighting strengths and weaknesses:
  • Field: “Stacked at wide receiver but perilously thin at running back… wanted a second QB because I waited so long.” (51:22)
  • Daniel: “Wanted three RBs I feel good about, then dart throws; Jake Ferguson at TE was waiting for value.”
  • Mike: “Decided not to have any weak spots… grabbed falling Mark Andrews and Cooper Kupp for bench firepower.”
• Chat and internal “report card” grades spark debate:

  “Mike, you have the best team... We go through the power rankings: Miller Lite, Mike first... Daniel’s third, Field’s somewhere in there.” (Mike Clay, 55:14)

  • YouTube chat prefers Field and Daniel’s squads over Mike’s, prompting good-natured ribbing.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Breaking NFL news reaction:

  “Did you guys hear that Micah Parsons got traded to the Packers?” (Field Yates, 01:02) “I do not love Micah Parsons coming to the NFC North.” (Daniel Dopp, 13:47)

• On drafting familiar names:

  “You may have mixed some metaphors there?” (Field Yates, 02:21)
  “This is the marbles.” (Daniel Dopp, 02:24)

• On kicker values:

  “I was going to go either Bijan or just address kicker out of the gate. This is the year of the kicker.” (Mike Clay, 06:35)

• QB dreams:

  “I was at a party... and Bill Belichick was there... I asked him about Drake May, ‘off the record, but yeah, he’s the real deal.’” (Mike Clay, 27:14)

• Chat banter:

  “I just a slight edge over Field in chat right now. The idea that Mike’s third is all that matters.” (Daniel Dopp, 55:59)

• League context and trash talk:

  “This is not a mock—these picks count, and all the marbles (and office bragging rights) are on the line.” (Episode theme/summary)

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Draft Lessons & Takeaways

• Adapt to Your Draft Spot: Hosts show how picking early, mid, or late shifts the player pool and how to pivot.
• Positional Runs and Scarcity: The strong WR requirements pushed top pass-catchers up the board, and RB depth shrank fast—balance early picks accordingly.
• Roster Construction: Value late-round dart throws on ambiguous depth charts and upside rookies.
• Be Flexible: Even the pros get sniped and have to change direction on the fly.
• Engaged League Culture: Proposals for weekly loser punishments and chat interaction foster an active league and constant engagement.

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Key Timestamps

• 03:00–07:00: League format, participant rundown, draft position intro
• 08:18–09:00: Positional value in three-WR format, drafting philosophy
• 10:10–12:30: RB scarcity, A.J. Brown debate
• 14:27–22:11: Early round trends, injury impacts, rookie value booms
• 22:45–24:07: League structure, head-to-head and victory points/Victory Points system
• 29:04–38:03: Late-round RBs/TEs, streaming strategy, “dart throw” territory explained
• 51:05–56:51: Team reviews, report cards, chat votes, friendly trash talk

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Final League Context & Closing Thoughts

• The Show League draft is competitive, entertaining, and full of both strategy insights and humor. The experts’ transparency about their own successes and misses helps listeners navigate their own drafts.
• Weekly loser punishments and IR spots keep things lively throughout the season.
• The chat’s voice and internal “grading” show that even among experts, there’s room for debate—and your league can be just as intense and fun.

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Filed under:
Fantasy Football, Draft Strategy, League Banter, Roster Construction, ESPN Experts

Transcript

[Mike Clay]

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[Daniel Dopp]

Fantasy focus.

[Field Yates]

I think we're live.

[Daniel Dopp]

Okay, what's going. There we go. What's up my friends? Welcome into Fantasy Focus Football. Thanks for that field, Jace. I appreciate.

[Field Yates]

Well, you know it's reminding me of is last night after did you guys hear that Micah Parsons got traded to the Packers?

[Mike Clay]

What?

[Daniel Dopp]

Had no idea.

[Field Yates]

So this is Clyde. This is so Wayne eri Jones in a nutshell. So the Cowboys announced they're going to do a press conference at 7:30 Eastern Time last night. All the reporters are of course there congregating because it's the biggest trade and lord knows how long in the NFL. And first there are three chairs that are out in front of the desk or the podium wherever they're doing this press conference. Then two of them are removed. And then 7:30 rolls around. No sign of Jerry Jones. And 7:35, still no sign of Jerry Jones. 7:40, still no sign of Jerry Jones. A second chair is added. And eventually at 7:50 Jerry Jones starts his press conference. So like the man knows how to own the moment. I sat there because I wanted to watch it. I watched the Cowboys Twitter stream for 20 minutes and all it was was like a graphic and some background music. It was playing through my brain all night last night.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yeah, I feel like they should have had a QR code that says please don't cancel your season tickets. Tickets available here for all.

[Mike Clay]

We still have some good players.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yeah. Hey, we're going to dive into a very fun fantasy focused show league draft today. Yesterday I teased it as a mock draft. We decided to call an audible, switch some things up. We're going to do our show league draft. So this is where all, all the marbles are on the line today.

[Mike Clay]

All the marbles.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yeah.

[Field Yates]

This is big. This is really cool marbles.

[Mike Clay]

Is that a sign?

[Field Yates]

You may have mixed some metaphors there?

[Daniel Dopp]

Yeah, that's all right. Mixed metaphors. Okay.

[Field Yates]

This is the marbles.

[Mike Clay]

Yeah.

[Daniel Dopp]

I'M not sure. Just so that everyone knows the people that we have in our league this year, it's me, Field and Mike, obviously, as well as Stefania Bell and Liz Loza. We're also adding our friend E. Moody, who's going to start hanging out in our YouTube chat on a daily basis to be able to spend time with you guys. If you got questions in the chat, go check out our friend Eric Moody, who also joins us on fantasy football now every single Sunday. And then on top of that, we've got our buddy Matt Walsh from Trophy Smack. Head on over to trophy smack.com use the promo code focus10 for 10% off your trophy smack order. Whether it is a belt or a chain or a ring.

[Field Yates]

I love the rings.

[Daniel Dopp]

The rings are great. They have a lot of awesome things over there. So go check out trophysmac.com use the promo code focus10 and producer Tyler, defending champion producer Tyler. That's right, Producer Q, producer Dave and producer Zach. Those are the other five that we will have in the league. So it's going to be a lot of fun here.

[Field Yates]

Yeah.

[Daniel Dopp]

Mike, you've got the third overall pick. I've got the fifth overall pick. Fields, you're all the way at the caboose.

[Field Yates]

This is ridiculous.

[Mike Clay]

You like it?

[Field Yates]

I was telling the guys, well, here's the thing, is that like in general, I'm okay with that. I was telling these guys that I've still got several drafts left to go, but I have done a good number of my drafts and because of my lack of lottery luck, I have yet to in any of the leagues that I have drafted. Take Jamar Chase, Bajan Robinson, Jameer Gibbs or Justin Jefferson. I've had zero top four picks so far. The only, the highest pick I've had is fifth. I took Saquon, but I have not had any pick higher than 5 and I'm probably halfway through my draft. So I was hoping, hey, can I get one? I want to have some exposure to Jamar Chase and Lord knows no one's going to trade him to me.

[Daniel Dopp]

Do you think that similar to many NBA fans that you believe there's draft collusion going on?

[Field Yates]

You are a Detroit Pistons fan and you guys had the worst record in back to back years and got the fifth pick both times.

[Daniel Dopp]

Didn't love it, Field.

[Field Yates]

I don't love it. I don't blame you for that. We're one minute away.

[Mike Clay]

Yeah. As we talked about off year, though, kind of a fascinating case study because those top guys were usually taken at their peak and will they live up to where were their. Their fantasy draft pedigree this season? This season? We'll find out. So I'm kind of curious to see if you're better off in this situation.

[Field Yates]

I think it's possible. I would just say this is like, as a fantasy analyst, you feel a little bit naked when you don't have exposure to some of the top players.

[Mike Clay]

Absolutely.

[Field Yates]

You can't ride that wave like, you can when it's like, o, oh, my God. Jamar Chase had 40 points again. It's like, yeah, but he was going against me this week for like the third time in a month.

[Mike Clay]

You know, like, you might get that with CD Lamb, though, or cmc. You're like, you're settling. You're settling for some serious talent that's not necessarily at their ceiling. You're not drafting them at your ceiling.

[Field Yates]

So curious to see how that works for one person. But we are.

[Daniel Dopp]

Oh, we're diving in. This is going to be a lot of fun we will be having.

[Mike Clay]

We just throw this person under the bus as possible.

[Daniel Dopp]

I don't think so. We'll wait and see. We'll wait and see if they show up.

[Mike Clay]

We could say it now because she's here at Stefania Bell with the late entrance. She was probably vacationing or something somewhere.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yeah, just stepped out.

[Mike Clay]

Come on. All right, we're underway.

[Daniel Dopp]

We're rolling. All right. So obviously, like I said, Mike, you're picking third, I'm picking fifth, field all the way at the end at 10. Stefania picking eighth and Liz Loza picking ninth. So we may have a little bit of sniping going on there.

[Field Yates]

Just for those that have been listening to our mocks, it's going to be a little bit different here because the mocks, we had an eight hour clock. We're going to go through notable things that we don't have the bandwidth to go through. Every single pick in the 16.

[Mike Clay]

I'm pumped.

[Field Yates]

Wow.

[Mike Clay]

I was. I almost pressed Justin Jefferson expecting that to be the pick.

[Field Yates]

Yeah.

[Mike Clay]

But Bijon Robinson sitting there at three.

[Field Yates]

Yeah. Mike gets Bijon because it goes number two, which defensible.

[Mike Clay]

But of course.

[Field Yates]

Yeah, a little bit surprising, but defensible all the same. So the first five players are very likely going to be the five that we have been talking about a lot.

[Mike Clay]

Yeah.

[Field Yates]

Cmc, Daniel.

[Mike Clay]

There you go. You should have brought your jersey this time.

[Daniel Dopp]

I should have brought my trilogy this time. Yeah, I was pumped. I was worried at 5 that I wasn't going to be able to get there. That Jir was going to go. I was going to. And I don't want to have to say settle for Justin Jefferson because that would have been great still.

[Field Yates]

But not to tip my picks, but I just queued Will Shipley and Ollie Gordon, so please, nobody take either.

[Mike Clay]

I mean, I was going to go either Bijon or just address kicker out of the gate. So, I mean, we talked about yesterday. This is the year the kicker. Right? That is the kicker.

[Field Yates]

Kickers win games, man.

[Daniel Dopp]

As long as you're doing decimal scoring for your kickers.

[Mike Clay]

Yeah, that's right.

[Field Yates]

I'm big into that this year. I said that yesterday. I'm big into the decimal score.

[Mike Clay]

I like it.

[Field Yates]

Yep. No surprise. This year CMC goes sixth. Stefania probably very sad about that, but she gets Ashton Genti instead at number eight. So CD Lamb goes seven to the bus. Who is the bus?

[Mike Clay]

Jerome Bettis.

[Daniel Dopp]

That correct. Thank you. The bus is our producer, Christina Buswell.

[Mike Clay]

Oh, that checks out.

[Field Yates]

Made more sense. Yes, it does.

[Mike Clay]

Get it. The first three letters of her last name are B, U, S. Yes.

[Daniel Dopp]

Normally you take A.

[Mike Clay]

That's it.

[Daniel Dopp]

You make a name off of a player you drafted. She's just doing her own name for that.

[Field Yates]

You are nothing if not the best.

[Daniel Dopp]

And she's a notable Steelers fan, for what it's worth. So it all, everything all aligns there. All right, Fields, we had Malik, neighbors, Amon Ra and Puka, come on board.

[Field Yates]

Dreams here. You know, I'm going to do something that I probably wouldn't do under other circumstances.

[Daniel Dopp]

Take two wide receivers that could finish top three.

[Mike Clay]

Yeah. Come on, man.

[Daniel Dopp]

Sitting there on the board.

[Field Yates]

Shoot, you're right.

[Mike Clay]

Liz Lowe's is going to come after you if you don't follow through with your. With your. Your commentary. Top three, that would be. I almost hope it happens.

[Field Yates]

My team will win. So what I was going to do is. Because I do. And this is. This goes in line with what I was discussing earlier about not getting any top four picks is I do believe in like a lot of exposure to a lot of players and I wasn't going to get obviously like a guy like Josh Jacobs or Derrick Henry or Jonathan Taylor if I waited until the next round. I do have a decent amount of Brian Thomas Jr. And Nico Collins exposure. I still went that way. Anyways, I feel like you got to put your money where your mouth is, right?

[Mike Clay]

Yeah, you do. Also, we start three receivers in this format, not two, plus the flush.

[Field Yates]

Forgot about that part.

[Mike Clay]

So. But I mean, that just adds to.

[Field Yates]

The logic behind it.

[Mike Clay]

Yeah. Receivers Just a hair more important, I.

[Field Yates]

Think that Liz just got really good value with brock Bowers at 20. Oh, let's pick two. Round two, pick four. Okay. I thought it was 24, but still good pick. I still like Brock Bowers. Brock Bowers is going to go in the middle of the second round. I'm convinced of that in almost every league.

[Mike Clay]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. We have them ranked in the. Well, I have them ranked in the room around the 2, 3 turn and 10 team leagues are the middle of round 2 and 12 team league. So kind of checks out where he went. It's fine. 16.

[Field Yates]

It's also important to note that our rankings, like I typically gear my ranking swords. If you're doing a 10 team league, we've talked about this. Like if Brock Bowers and you're ranking him for a 16 team league, he will go probably what? Like Brock bowers go the first round in the 16 team.

[Daniel Dopp]

In a 16 team league. If that's the guy that you want to target, he won't make it back to you.

[Field Yates]

Not only that, but like you're getting an edge. Someone's going to be starting like, you know, Cole Fotheringham, a tight end in a 16. Shout out, Cole.

[Daniel Dopp]

That's right.

[Mike Clay]

Yeah. I knew I wasn't, I wasn't going to get Bowers. You know, even though he's in that area, that range in our draft room, I knew he wasn't going to make it all the way back. Trey McBride could get there. A guy I thought would get there is Jaden Daniels. I. You know, that's interesting. I felt like I might be able to get him early in the third, but Stefania takes him early midway through the second round. Yeah, he is.

[Field Yates]

But this goes to the point that we've been making. No one's going to begrudge Stefania for making Jaden Daniels he's one year guy. Get him off the board. Yep.

[Daniel Dopp]

Well, I guess since you said it, Mike, I might as well go out and get my guy.

[Mike Clay]

I knew that he wasn't getting back to me too.

[Daniel Dopp]

Come on. I mean, for me to start with Jameer Gibbs and Chase Brown In a 12 team league, I really, I really enjoyed.

[Mike Clay]

All right, good job, Moody. All right, I'm gonna go. I'm gonna go down a little bit. I'm gonna go running back, running back to start this thing off and take.

[Field Yates]

Start it off. You've already made a pick.

[Mike Clay]

Well, I mean to start the draft.

[Field Yates]

Okay, got you.

[Mike Clay]

Running back, running back. So I, Bijan and Bucky Irving Nice.

[Field Yates]

That's NFC south corner.

[Mike Clay]

I just. Running back dries up and I feel like it's getting worse as we hear more and more about like timeshares. It just continues to pile on and I'm like.

[Field Yates]

Which is no running back. Last year was a little bit deeper. Yeah, it was a little bit deeper for two reasons. Last year we had more things like Joe Mixon handling 30 carries a game unexpectedly and also not a lot of injuries till late in the season. Running back guys like Alvin Camara and.

[Daniel Dopp]

James Conner held up like CMC notwithstanding, obviously. But everyone else.

[Field Yates]

Yep, yep. Good. Good call. That. That would be. That would be a notable injury there. Two rounds in anything, like, anything really stand out here. We've seen two quarterbacks go off the board. Jaden Dan, now Josh Allen at the end of round two. I would say nothing wild to me. A little bit of a slider in Devon Hn, who the Dolphins did say is still is likely to be available for week one. Dealing with the calf injury. AJ Brown still on the board and we are now at pick 26. Why is the bloom off the road right now for AJ would you have.

[Daniel Dopp]

Taken Trey McBride if he.

[Mike Clay]

I was thinking about it there now. Now I'm not sure what I want to do here.

[Daniel Dopp]

I think the reason why this is just a guess, but like lowest passing offense, like passing volume offense in the NFL last year, obviously A.J. brown was unbelievable, but he's also not a guy that's going to get 12 targets a game. That's fair.

[Field Yates]

I also wonder. Well, maybe depends, right? Like two seasons ago.

[Mike Clay]

I hope that he does.

[Field Yates]

Yeah. I think with AJ Maybe part of it too. Is this hamstring injury worth noting that A.J. brown. You don't like that pick you made?

[Mike Clay]

No, no. I was looking at. I thought Daniel was going to yell.

[Daniel Dopp]

At me for taking that.

[Mike Clay]

I decided to go a little young here. I don't know. There's something about me in the back of my head that's a little nervous about A.J. brown. I. I don't know. It's just one of them things where you get away from the like statistically he's so efficient and he's a big part of a high scoring offense. But you know, he needed a massive target share last year and just. I get stuck on those guys that don't have the overall volume. It's so efficiency based in it. I always get stuck with AJ Brown and he always defies the odds and I just. It made me uncomfortable. It made me uncomfortable. I went with the young up and Coming.

[Field Yates]

It is hilarious, maybe adorable. Mike. Literally every player on the 31 teams besides the Eagles, he's like, you know, like Jackson, Smith and Jigba had like an average depth of target, was third best in the NFL, like seventh and end zone targets like 12th in target share. Then it's like for the Eagles it's like yeah, just the vibes are off, you know, like I'm a little nervous.

[Mike Clay]

And they went to Super Bowl.

[Field Yates]

They win the super bowl, right? Like A.J. brown. Come on.

[Mike Clay]

I know, I love the guy but it's just he, you know, he's always beat up too. He's beat up. I guess he's had his back to back practices but he's beat up already. I don't know. I just feel a little bit more enthused about the up and coming guy. And they're the same tier. You know, I've done these guys ranked all close together. I'm going to go a little younger here with.

[Field Yates]

It's going to be amazing when Week 1 AJ Brown goes for like 5 for 140 touchdown against the Cat.

[Mike Clay]

Actually that's the only thing Dallas might be able to do is match up with receivers because they're going to have Duron Bland and Tron Diggs.

[Field Yates]

But otherwise how good of a player is Daron Bland?

[Mike Clay]

He's great.

[Field Yates]

You really think so?

[Mike Clay]

Yeah. All right. I'm great stuff to work, but he's very good. I would say he's a very good. He's versatile. He play inside and out. You're going to see him on the.

[Field Yates]

Slot this season with a six pick. Six is a couple years ago.

[Mike Clay]

Yeah, he's. He's a good player. Dave.

[Field Yates]

That may be maybe.

[Mike Clay]

Well, I don't know if he'll be limited this year but they Kyrie. By the way, the funny thing about the Cowboys trading for in two more first round picks is like their strategy this whole off season has been like first rounders who didn't really work out. Acquire all of them, all of their trade. Like including Kara Elam who's probably going to start opposite drawn. Well, he'll be in out there in nickel for Dallas, but no Micah Parsons in Dallas. I'm pumped for a week from yesterday. Eagles, Cowboys in Philly. It's. It's nice that Parsons won't be on the other side.

[Field Yates]

That works.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yeah, so says you. I do not love Micah Parsons coming to the NFC North.

[Mike Clay]

I am not NFC north is so awesome.

[Daniel Dopp]

I was so mad when I saw this trade. I was like, honestly, Green Bay. Yeah. Like he couldn't have been anyone other than going to Green Bay.

[Mike Clay]

That's so typical, right? The Lions are finally good and the division is a powerhouse. It's just so strong. I literally was trying to figure out. I was doing my NFL piece, which drops in a few days with my power rankings to pick my playoff teams. Super bowl pick. And I had the Packards just missing to the Bears for that last wild card.

[Daniel Dopp]

Oh, yeah.

[Mike Clay]

And that. Then the news dropped and I ended up, you know, reevaluating the rosters and ended up with the packers in. So that could be actually a big move if you ask me. I feel like that's a move that puts the packers into the playoffs. So that division is going to be wild.

[Field Yates]

By the way, I just finished up. We're now on to round five is for round four. I ended up with a pair of running backs. So I went wide receiver, wide receiver to start in Nico Collins and Brian Thomas Jr. And then I kind of balance things out in terms of upside versus floor Chuba Hubbard, who rock solid. And then I took Travion Henderson, who ends up going at the end of the. Sorry, the big. Yeah. Round four, pick one. So Henderson goes 43rd overall, which is right about his ADP at this moment.

[Mike Clay]

I noticed Garrett Wilson's been falling. Yeah, I feel like I'm low on him.

[Field Yates]

If not for my double run, my double wide receivers to start, I would have taken Garrett.

[Mike Clay]

Yeah, I. I don't know. Like, I. I've been obviously very critical of him, and I still have him ranked high enough that I'm surprised other people aren't taking him. So maybe I'm not as low on him as I thought. I don't know. But again, my. My case there is that. That's a ceiling. You take him, that's what you're probably getting a huge target share. Wide receiver, two, maybe three numbers. Probably two numbers. But you're not getting more than that in this offense.

[Field Yates]

Daniel just took a player that I think like Xavier Worthy, who.

[Mike Clay]

That's fun.

[Field Yates]

A lot of upside there.

[Daniel Dopp]

A lot of upside. Especially now that we know officially the first six weeks of the season, there's going to be no Rashi Rice. I started out Lamar Jackson, Jameer Gibbs, Chase Brown and Xavier Worthy. I like these first four picks for myself. Obviously, I'm gonna have to do some work at the Wild. Love the Jameer Gibbs pick.

[Field Yates]

That's got to be an awesome feeling.

[Daniel Dopp]

Right there, you know, because especially that Tyler Fulghum. Like he stole him from me when we did the marathon draft.

[Field Yates]

So the real draft.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yeah, this is the one that matters.

[Field Yates]

Through this draft.

[Mike Clay]

Yeah. Which is good.

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[Field Yates]

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[Mike Clay]

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[Field Yates]

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[Mike Clay]

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[Mike Clay]

We have a big day. I'm heading to Pennsylvania. My brother's getting married tomorrow.

[Field Yates]

Wow.

[Mike Clay]

Congrats, brother. M. We have the dinner tonight. Yeah, congrats.

[Field Yates]

You like his soon to be wife?

[Daniel Dopp]

Yeah, she's awesome.

[Mike Clay]

Treasure. Yeah, she's. She's the best.

[Field Yates]

Sorry.

[Mike Clay]

Her and my daughter Zoe are best friends.

[Daniel Dopp]

Really on the spot. Right there.

[Field Yates]

Trying to set you.

[Mike Clay]

This shirt's my. Actually a shout out to him. This is his old employer in Kutztown where I went to college at my favorite pizza place.

[Field Yates]

What's it called?

[Daniel Dopp]

Mama's Delight.

[Field Yates]

Mama's Delight.

[Mike Clay]

The owners are the DiMaggios related to Joe.

[Field Yates]

Joe. Really?

[Mike Clay]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Field Yates]

No kidding.

[Mike Clay]

They're awesome.

[Field Yates]

College.

[Mike Clay]

What's up?

[Field Yates]

I worked at a deli in college.

[Daniel Dopp]

You. I heard that.

[Field Yates]

You can go over. It's actually here. It's. It's. I went to school about. About 20 minutes from where we are right now. Middletown, Connecticut. Shout out Wesleyan. And shout out Fran and Cynthia over at Neon Deli. I used to make a mean steak and cheese.

[Daniel Dopp]

Oh, I believe that.

[Mike Clay]

Middletown, home of Joey Logano and Will Levis. Yeah, NASCAR's finest.

[Field Yates]

You know, Mike, I appreciate the fact that. Yeah I mean, Joey Logano might be more famous than Will Levis, but for our audience probably resonates a little bit less.

[Mike Clay]

You're right.

[Field Yates]

Tedro McMillan moving on up.

[Mike Clay]

Yeah, let's. Let's talk about that in a second here. I'm gonna make another pick here. Wait, Joe Burrow already went, right?

[Field Yates]

He did, yes. He went to the bus. Christina Buswell. Get it.

[Mike Clay]

I'm going to go.

[Daniel Dopp]

I get it now.

[Field Yates]

I get it now.

[Mike Clay]

Yep. Now, I know one of the top four tight ends have talked about that a lot. I did not get one of the top four quarterbacks. It just didn't work out. That's okay with me. Oh, you know, I'm going to get Samuel laporta. Is it Samuel?

[Daniel Dopp]

I don't know. To be honest. I would assume who just names their kid Sam, you know, without, like, Samuel? Yeah, right.

[Mike Clay]

Samantha, there's no way to know.

[Field Yates]

Are you Michael?

[Mike Clay]

I am Michael.

[Field Yates]

Samuel Joseph LaPorte, American professional football tight end.

[Mike Clay]

Yeah. So I moved up McMillan more.

[Field Yates]

I was.

[Mike Clay]

He was already trending up for me before the trade, and then the Thielen trade moved them up a little even further. Then I persuaded you. Yeah, he was, he was already.

[Field Yates]

I, I don't.

[Mike Clay]

I mean, it was in the back. The thing is, I was already moving him up.

[Field Yates]

Yeah.

[Mike Clay]

And then. But it was a fair conversation. I don't want, I don't want to give you credit where it's not too. I want to give you credit when it is due.

[Field Yates]

Okay.

[Mike Clay]

But I think that we were probably, I think we were probably a little too low on it. But, but I agree our conversation helped in the sense of being like, you know what, That's a good point. They're, they're obviously, they feel more secure with him. His floor now in fantasy is a little higher. And again, he has a ceiling higher than basically everyone going in that range. We know he can be top five. Like, that's why they drafted him that early.

[Field Yates]

I got a thought for you. And we're going to keep making picks. But you guys may recall, of course, the Ted Arrow McMillan coming out of last college football season was considered by almost Everybody a top 10 pick, right? He was like player 10 or 11 on my board at that time. Then we got into the pre draft process. And what happens during the pre draft process? You know what we do? We go to a beauty pageant and we start looking for pimples on beauty contestants, right? And it's like, well, you know how elite is his elite speed? Like, could this guy fall to the Late first. And then he went eighth overall. Right. Whereas. And again, it's possible that if the Panthers don't pick number eight and somebody else is, he doesn't go eight overall. But I think by the end of the process, people had concluded this was pretty clearly one of the somewhere between like 6th and 12th best prospects in the draft. I wonder if he hadn't had that uncertainty surrounding him during the pre draft process if we'd be talking about him in a slightly different light.

[Daniel Dopp]

It's a great question, you know, like.

[Field Yates]

Because, I mean, when like other guys who have gone like Jalen Waddle got drafted really high, you're like, no, there's no questions about Jalen Waddle. Like, that guy is going to go extremely, extremely high. I think. Speaking of Jalen Waddle, did I just take him? I did.

[Mike Clay]

You did.

[Field Yates]

And I am going to waddle. Yep. Waddle will waddle. And I'm taking a player that. You know, you guys may have heard, as I may have said earlier, that Michael Parsons got traded by the Cowboys.

[Daniel Dopp]

I almost took.

[Field Yates]

I was reading this and I was just sort of following Cowboys coverage and it was noted that like, George Pickens has had a remarkable training camp. Apparently. I mean, remarkable is probably a little bit of an over characterization, but a very strong training camp. He should be motivated.

[Daniel Dopp]

He should be very motivated. And I think the entire offense should be motivated because the only way they're going to win football games this year is to score a lot of points.

[Field Yates]

Well, George Pickens also goes into a contract year and by the way, if my memory reserves, he shares an agent.

[Mike Clay]

Oh.

[Field Yates]

Or at least an agency with Michael Parsons.

[Mike Clay]

Oh, that'll be fun, huh? Oh, fantastic.

[Field Yates]

Yeah.

[Daniel Dopp]

All right, coming back around. We're basically almost about halfway through six rounds here for everybody. That feels like.

[Field Yates]

Do you guys want to do like a little stock check on your team? A little bit.

[Daniel Dopp]

How's your team looking right now with my squad? Lamar Jackson, Jameer Gibbs, Chase Brown, Xavier Worthy, and Calvin Ridley. I ended up grabbing Ridley as my second wide receiver. Yeah, he's going to be the. The main pass catch in that, you know, K. Moore led offense. And I still believe, I definitely still believe in Calvin Ridley. He's not as fun or sexy as some of these other names that he's going around, but that's objective. He's going to be very, very valuable.

[Field Yates]

Yeah.

[Daniel Dopp]

So.

[Mike Clay]

All right, Round six. Pick six.

[Field Yates]

Like it?

[Daniel Dopp]

Wow. Stefan.

[Mike Clay]

I was thinking about it.

[Daniel Dopp]

Stefania ended up taking a mecca Abuka.

[Mike Clay]

There we go.

[Field Yates]

Oh, get some spicy.

[Mike Clay]

Rookie picks. Going on in the stretch.

[Daniel Dopp]

Pick of the sixth round. Love that.

[Field Yates]

Shout out to the person who named.

[Daniel Dopp]

Their team Mike Trophy, smack can and suck a butt. Because I was gonna take TJ Hawkinson.

[Field Yates]

But no family friendly program.

[Daniel Dopp]

That's why I said butt Field Yates, are your daughters allowed to say but or is that a swear word?

[Field Yates]

They cannot. You know, my older is like a parrot. She just repeats stuff. So we've learned that like around the house. Around the house to my. Like to my wife, like rather, you know, it's like honey dearest, what might you like for dinner on this fine evening here?

[Mike Clay]

You know, you wouldn't talk like that. Normal. You're saying.

[Field Yates]

No, you're not.

[Mike Clay]

Would you normally say.

[Field Yates]

I would say suck a butt normally.

[Daniel Dopp]

That's all right. That's fair.

[Mike Clay]

Rude.

[Daniel Dopp]

That's fair. I ended up going with Isaiah Pacheco. Grabbed myself a third running back to pair with Jameer Gibbs and Chase Brown. Just a little bit of extra. Especially in a 12 team league. Being able to get three running backs early, ish for me is never a bad idea. I would rather have a running back in this range and then grab a wide receiver later than do the opposite. Because running back just starts to get real thin after you get past the grouping that we're at.

[Field Yates]

It does. And I'm perilously thin there. But I've got great receivers, so I could.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yes, you do.

[Mike Clay]

Yes.

[Field Yates]

Do you guys remember what happened last year in this league, by the way?

[Daniel Dopp]

I remember you were poor for a long time.

[Field Yates]

Oh, man. That's right.

[Daniel Dopp]

I started because you started very badly.

[Mike Clay]

Oh, that's right.

[Field Yates]

This league is also. It's not just head to head scoring, but it's also victory points. Victory points. Half the league gets a win from being in the top six. The other half gets no wins or a loss, I should say, for being in the bottom six. And I want to say I started like 1 and 7 or 08 last year.

[Daniel Dopp]

It was not good.

[Field Yates]

It was not good.

[Daniel Dopp]

But then you like you had this.

[Field Yates]

Unscratchable claw and all of a sudden, next thing you know, I'm like I competing for the final playoff spot and Stefania and I made the trade Justin Jefferson For Christian McAffrey.

[Mike Clay]

Yeah.

[Field Yates]

And then didn't Jefferson get hurt too or something?

[Daniel Dopp]

He. I don't believe that he performed quite to expectations the first like week or two, if I remember correctly.

[Mike Clay]

I'd have to go back and look Montgomery. Yeah. Okay.

[Daniel Dopp]

I couldn't draft my third one out of here. Get.

[Field Yates]

No, you get out of here.

[Mike Clay]

All right, good. I got who I wanted.

[Field Yates]

I still don't understand how Kyle Manungai hasn't gone. But we can talk about that later.

[Mike Clay]

I went. I feel like I had a somewhat spicy start to the draft. A lot of upside and now I went a little safe the last two.

[Field Yates]

Picks and I'm okay with that.

[Mike Clay]

I like these guys. I feel like they fell a little bit. Two guys who could definitely be wide receiver twos this season and Zay Flowers and Jacoby Meyer. So that's my number three receiver and my flex.

[Field Yates]

This is not relevant to the draft. It's just kind of ironic. The Chiefs just announced they have brought Clyde Edwards Elair back to their practice squad.

[Mike Clay]

I saw that. Yeah.

[Daniel Dopp]

How about that?

[Mike Clay]

I saw that. They, yeah, latched right on.

[Field Yates]

What's old is new again. Right? Right.

[Mike Clay]

Yeah, we. I he. He'll probably get a little run on the active roster this season depending on what happens above him. I could easily see them like saying, all right, cream hunts out. Ech back on the active roster. Something like that. But yeah, we talked about that I think briefly the other day because Kendry Miller, clear path to the number two job. And if Alvin Camara misses time, which I think he's played one full season, zero full seasons. Kendra Miller, he set up. It's him and Devin Neal. That's it. Phyllis Jones is a returner. So that's the depth chart in New Orleans right now.

[Daniel Dopp]

That feels thin. He's back in there.

[Mike Clay]

He's back in there as a late round flyer.

[Daniel Dopp]

All right. I just made my pick here in the eighth round. Oh, I'm so sorry, Stefania. I ended up taking Ricky Piercel and Stefania was unhappy about that. She had some choice words for me in the chat. I think she also said suck a butt.

[Field Yates]

I was going to say she said rude Daniel. That's like, that's, that's relatively choice, right?

[Daniel Dopp]

Yeah. She know.

[Mike Clay]

She's mad because she didn't use punctuation or capitals.

[Daniel Dopp]

That's right. She's too, she's too proper to just, you know, type like us. But in this one she was very upset about it. I love the squad that I have so far. Just really quickly, I'm going to throw a Lamar Jackson, Jameer Gibbs, Chase Brown with Isaiah Pacheco as my flex. My three wide receivers are Xavier Worthy, Calvin Ridley and Ricky Pearsall. A reminder, this is a 12 team league. Mike, you're about to. Why don't we go to you Because Field's going to have a pick Here in a couple of picks. I want him to be able to focus on this. How do you feel about your.

[Mike Clay]

I like it a lot. I do like it a lot. My running backs, Bishon Robinson and Bucky Irving. Wide receivers. And I have the flex filled out here. I have four receivers. Lad McConkey to Tet McMillan, Zay Flowers, Jacoby Myers. And in tight end, I have Sam LaPorta. So I feel like I have a sizable edge at running back, tight end, running back or wide receiver. Plenty of upside at the top and certainly serviceable starting options in the other two spots. The only thing I have to do is quarterback. But we talked about this. Once you get past the top four, maybe five. I've seen you wait. It's very similar.

[Field Yates]

I've seen better.

[Mike Clay]

You can wait a while. I. I have not seen better. I have not. Maybe when May. And you can get McMillan a little later than that, but that's about it. Michael Pittman, I like that guy. I didn't get golden or Pittman there.

[Field Yates]

I like that picky.

[Daniel Dopp]

Oh, field going with David and Joku needed to wrap up the tight end position.

[Field Yates]

And I just drafted J.K. dobbins as well.

[Mike Clay]

Okay. All right.

[Daniel Dopp]

Isn't Travis Kelsey still on the board?

[Field Yates]

Well, it might not be for long.

[Mike Clay]

As I get to. You know, speaking of late round quarterbacks, this one let you guys know. I had one of them nights last night where I kind of remembered a lot of my dreams for some reason. Okay. And I was at a party. It was actually like sort of my brother's wedd, I guess. I was like thinking about that. So it was, you know how dreams are there. But Bill Belichick was there.

[Daniel Dopp]

No.

[Mike Clay]

Yeah, Yeah, I was hanging with Bill Belichick last night and just saying, what do you say? And we were chatting about things. By the way, he was coaching Washington State, North Carolina and the Patriots at this point. So he's.

[Field Yates]

Honestly, he probably could probably. Yes.

[Mike Clay]

Yeah, he's very confusing. But I was talking to the. About the Patriots and asked him two questions. Who are the top three receivers on the Patriots? Which was not a surprise. I don't remember his answer, but I remember not being surprised. So it was probably, you know, Ishan, Booty, Stefan Diggs and Douglas. Yeah, no, but later on. And then I couldn't get the second question. But later on I really wanted to ask him this. So I got to him and I asked him about Drake May. Like, see, like, is he the next superstar quarterback? Is he. The guy is gonna be the next Josh Allen. And he was like, yeah. It was like off the record, but yeah, he's like, he's the real deal.

[Daniel Dopp]

Wow.

[Field Yates]

So I'm just saying wasn't off the record for Bill Belichick.

[Mike Clay]

Went into my brain while I was sleeping and told me he's the guy guy.

[Field Yates]

Okay.

[Mike Clay]

I love this. Right. I want more analysis. Hashtag analytics. Yeah.

[Daniel Dopp]

Dream analytics is what I'm.

[Mike Clay]

Dream analytics. Dreamalytics. Yeah.

[Field Yates]

Mike, you are so.

[Mike Clay]

That was my night.

[Field Yates]

You are the best.

[Mike Clay]

I, I, I get, I get the info from all different kinds of places.

[Daniel Dopp]

Let me ask you guys this question really quickly. Jakori cross game just came off the board in the eighth round. Does that feel like appropriate value based on. I mean, he's risen up the board, you know, a lot recently.

[Field Yates]

I almost took him at the first pick with in the eighth round. I think where we've gotten to the running back spot. Yeah. First pick of the draft overall. Where we have gotten to right now is people are just like, at running back. There are very few upside options left over that Bill Crosby. Merritt falls into that category. If you want to take him, let it rip.

[Mike Clay]

Ah, darn.

[Field Yates]

What happened?

[Mike Clay]

I was going to take Jalen Warren there and he's like the last guy I'm interested.

[Field Yates]

Like, Moody sniped you a couple times there, Mike.

[Mike Clay]

Yeah, that's a good pick by Moody because running back is disgusting right now.

[Field Yates]

Okay?

[Mike Clay]

So I'm not going to take a running back. I'm going to go elsewhere here, here. And I'm not going to take a quarterback.

[Daniel Dopp]

When Mike says running back's disgusting. We've got Ramondre Stevenson, Javante Williams, Caleb Johnson, Jordan Mason, Travis etn, Tank Bigsby.

[Field Yates]

I don't mind a couple of those.

[Mike Clay]

I'm gonna take a guy I, I believe in a little bit more than I. The consensus. I've taken him a lot this year. Yeah, I like him. I don't. I found myself drafting him a lot in the middle. I think there's, I mean, he has an easy path to a huge target chair in Seattle this year.

[Field Yates]

Year.

[Mike Clay]

I think you're just the team in the 4 o' clock games just like soaking up targets. I was on my bench.

[Daniel Dopp]

Isn't JSN and Jake Bobo ahead of him on the depth chart?

[Mike Clay]

No, they are not.

[Daniel Dopp]

They're not both ahead of him.

[Field Yates]

Or what?

[Mike Clay]

No. Oh, JSN is. He's the only one. I'm not, I'm not worried about. I'm not worried about Tory Horton. Okay. They didn't bring Cooper cup in to.

[Field Yates]

Be a backup pick by Kiss the Baby. I almost.

[Mike Clay]

I can. He was my other consideration.

[Daniel Dopp]

That's our producer, Tyler.

[Field Yates]

I take it back then. Yeah. I'm just kidding. Tyler.

[Mike Clay]

I still think there's gonna be too much spreading it around in. In Buffalo.

[Field Yates]

Spread it. Spit around.

[Mike Clay]

Yeah. They're talking about Josh Palmer.

[Daniel Dopp]

Oh, Zach, Zach. I wanted that tight end right there. I really wanted to go with Tyler Warren. I was hoping he was going to make it back to me.

[Field Yates]

He didn't.

[Daniel Dopp]

He didn't though. Guys, this is. This is.

[Mike Clay]

I'll make this next pick quick.

[Field Yates]

Okay.

[Mike Clay]

Three, two, one.

[Field Yates]

Good job, Mike.

[Mike Clay]

Yeah. Nice. Tyler Murray. Give me my quarterback. Starting lineups filled up.

[Field Yates]

Dang. Right?

[Mike Clay]

Yeah. I wanted Kyler, but don't dislike that at all. Yeah, I feel like slight teardrop there to Herbert, Caleb May, Prescott, those kind of guys. So I'll take Kyler.

[Field Yates]

Likey, likey, likey.

[Daniel Dopp]

Like, I agree. I don't have any real question marks, so I'm gonna take a guy that does have one, and that's Jordan Addison. No, he's going to miss the first three weeks of the season, but executed.

[Mike Clay]

Nicely because you don't need to start him.

[Daniel Dopp]

Nope.

[Mike Clay]

You just chill on your bench for three weeks. You don't need.

[Daniel Dopp]

Exactly. And then there's just an upside player. Especially depending on how, you know, J.J. mcCarthy's going to play. But I'm very pumped about Jordan Addison as a. A mid tier 9th round pick I got. I think that's good value there.

[Field Yates]

Totally.

[Mike Clay]

And speaking of which, next pick, Same thing. Yeah. Same Chris Godwin Jr. Now. Yeah. It looks like he's going to be out at least the first four games. I did have him in the projections coming back week five. It was roughly week five, as was the commentary yesterday. Who said that? Was that their GM There was. Yeah. They're GM Jason Light. So he. It could be week five, six in that sort of range. I think they're buys around then, but that's how it's projected for now. Week 5 return and then we ramp it up for a couple weeks and then we see what we get out of that. Yeah.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yep.

[Field Yates]

You like that? I don't know why I said that.

[Daniel Dopp]

All right.

[Mike Clay]

Do you take her cousins?

[Daniel Dopp]

Jordan Mason just came off the board of Minnesota Viking.

[Mike Clay]

We'll see.

[Field Yates]

We're through almost nine rounds in like 25 minutes. We are, man, cruising.

[Daniel Dopp]

It'll give us plenty of time to be able to recap, break down our team at the end for everything, which is nice.

[Field Yates]

So my team has the Players only meeting after this, so I got to make sure that we wrap this up pretty quickly.

[Daniel Dopp]

Is that. Do you get jackets? You get players only jackets? No, members only. Wasn't. Isn't that what those jackets were back in the day? Members only jackets? No.

[Field Yates]

Which jackets?

[Daniel Dopp]

I thought they were like jackets specifically. Yeah, kind of. No, not like you're thinking of high school, right?

[Field Yates]

Yes.

[Daniel Dopp]

No, I thought they were like members only jackets that were like fitted starter jackets back in the day that were cool. I don't know. It was a 90s thing. Don't worry about it. Don't worry about it.

[Field Yates]

I'm not really worried about it. You shouldn't be worried about it either.

[Daniel Dopp]

I'm a little surprised. Keenan Allen is. Has definitely moved up here quite a bit.

[Field Yates]

Hit three wide receiver, maybe three wide receivers.

[Mike Clay]

I think that checks out. I mean, remember he had a career year basically two years ago with Justin Herbert. I know, lad. McConkey's there now, but who else? I mean, he's. He's a pretty clear path to maybe upward of a quarter of the targets in this offense.

[Daniel Dopp]

I was hoping it was going to be Trey Harris. Doesn't feel like the vibes on the second round rookie are quite as high as we want right now. Still a long time to be able to see if he can get to where he's at. But just coming out of camp, it doesn't feel like Trey Harris is going to be the guy.

[Mike Clay]

Someone. Someone likes the thoughts of dream Bill Belichick because Drake May off the board in round nine two me field age.

[Field Yates]

Well, I mean, I was going to take that.

[Mike Clay]

Come on, man. What? You took May and tune back to back. I. I'm not even. I told you this before the show.

[Field Yates]

It's great for Com.

[Mike Clay]

I told. All right, so I had my family league draft last night.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yep.

[Mike Clay]

And my girlfriend Megan was in that draft. Yep. And I saw someone go off the board at some point because I'm like paying attention and I was like, oh, man. Drake May. And I went in. Oh, you took him sitting right next to me. Comes around the turn, I'm not paying attention again. I look too, and comes off the board, I'm like, you got to be kidding me. Now someone took Tootin and it was her again.

[Daniel Dopp]

And now you did it.

[Mike Clay]

Are you two. Are you two consulting bs?

[Field Yates]

Yeah, listen, Megan and I are in cahoots.

[Mike Clay]

Come on.

[Field Yates]

Absolute one of a kind. Yes.

[Mike Clay]

That stings the nostrils.

[Field Yates]

I feel zero remorse. Just for the record.

[Mike Clay]

Oh, that. That hurts.

[Field Yates]

I was gonna take Dak and Drake May. Just to give myself a little bit of quarterback endurance there to get weird, but so mad. Sorry, Mike. I'm actually not sorry, but not all that sorry.

[Daniel Dopp]

A little sorry, but not that sorry.

[Mike Clay]

I'm almost as mad as. No, we're not doing that.

[Field Yates]

What if I throw in a first round pick next year?

[Mike Clay]

Hey, two first round picks and a defensive tackle.

[Field Yates]

Yes, correct. Deal.

[Mike Clay]

Man, I'm almost as mad as yesterday when I was. I did like three hours of work and then my computer said, hey, I'm going to restart now.

[Daniel Dopp]

Oh, that's.

[Mike Clay]

And then I had to do all that work again.

[Daniel Dopp]

The worst.

[Mike Clay]

That wasn't cool at all. But that work was getting this. This draft room updated.

[Daniel Dopp]

So trophy smack took Khalil Shakir. Of course they did. Of course.

[Field Yates]

A big Bills fan. Is that why you say it?

[Daniel Dopp]

No, because that's who I was going to take here. I was going to take another wide.

[Mike Clay]

Receiver because I don't like such good.

[Field Yates]

Wide receiver depth, man. Wow.

[Daniel Dopp]

I just don't like any of the running backs that are available here.

[Field Yates]

I get it. Yep.

[Mike Clay]

Yeah.

[Daniel Dopp]

I don't like this, guys. Can I. Can we just pass? Can I pass?

[Field Yates]

You can pass your pick. Yes. You can be like the Minnesota Vikings. Remember the Vik way back in the day?

[Mike Clay]

Yes, I do.

[Daniel Dopp]

I do remember.

[Mike Clay]

Yeah.

[Daniel Dopp]

No, I don't feel good about this at all. I'm gonna. I'm gonna. This is a dart throw. I'm gonna take a. I'm gonna throw a dart at.

[Mike Clay]

All right.

[Field Yates]

Jaden Blue. I like it. Yeah. Again, we were talking about the upside running backs that are still available right now. How many are there?

[Daniel Dopp]

Not many.

[Field Yates]

Not many. Yeah.

[Mike Clay]

I take it I took the first two picks for running backs. I haven't touched it since because everything's just gross. That's kind of why I did that.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yeah.

[Field Yates]

You guys stream at all, like, video games?

[Daniel Dopp]

I don't stream normal.

[Mike Clay]

I'm going to. This guy fell away from.

[Field Yates]

You can talk about fantasy stuff. Go for it.

[Mike Clay]

I took a second tight end.

[Field Yates]

Mike taking Mark Andrews. Yes.

[Mike Clay]

But he fell too far. Yeah, We've talked about this. Even guys we don't like can fall too far. And that's too far for Mark Andrews. Yeah, sorry.

[Field Yates]

That's far.

[Mike Clay]

We're almost in the 11th round.

[Field Yates]

Yeah.

[Daniel Dopp]

I don't stream because this is a joke, but I'm gonna. I've changed it now since then, but I made my Xbox gamer tag. Mike Clay, NFL.

[Mike Clay]

You did change it. I didn't know that.

[Daniel Dopp]

I have changed it because a Friend, my buddy Scott. Him and I were playing Call of Duty the other day and he changed his gamertag to Dandop espn. And every lobby he went into with me, he was like, hey guys, my name's dan.from ESPN. Do you have any fantasy questions to ask me? And I was like, I don't like this one bit.

[Mike Clay]

Oh, God.

[Daniel Dopp]

So I changed my gamertag to it's now Field Yates. But it is, you know, obviously, at least it's no longer my clay NFL.

[Field Yates]

I kind of feel like when you do a mock draft on a show like this, it's like streaming.

[Daniel Dopp]

That's a very mock draft.

[Field Yates]

You're just watching us do something. So I just wanted to announce that this is my first ever stream. Stream.

[Daniel Dopp]

That's not bad if this is your first ever stream. I mean, it would have been better maybe if you had someone who's, who's a big streamer nowadays, like Tim the Tap Man. Ninja. Yeah, there's a ninja.

[Field Yates]

Still a big streamer, I, I would assume. I like speed.

[Mike Clay]

Ollie Gordon.

[Daniel Dopp]

Okay, we're talking, we're talking about streaming. Mike's getting excited about this.

[Mike Clay]

It's a fantasy football pod.

[Daniel Dopp]

I thought, yeah, Ninja's a big Lions fan.

[Field Yates]

Yeah, that's right. So do you like to pick? Is that too rich for you? Have you been. You've been persuaded?

[Mike Clay]

It's a little early for. I would say it's a little early, but. And he's. He's definitely a guy that should be drafted. But I have persuaded you is what.

[Field Yates]

You'Re telling me, right?

[Mike Clay]

I have, yeah. Yes.

[Daniel Dopp]

Just say it with your words.

[Mike Clay]

I would say so you. Thank you. I'll answer. I'm on the clock. So I'll get back to that.

[Daniel Dopp]

I'm on the clock. Please stop talking to me. Bother me doing things right now.

[Field Yates]

Yeah, Multitask, Mike.

[Mike Clay]

Yeah, we're start calling you multi. Like any of these players, I also would like to pass.

[Daniel Dopp]

Right.

[Field Yates]

I told you, go for it.

[Daniel Dopp]

This is, I mean, real talk even for us. And we do, We've done probably 50 mock drafts together at this point, but by the time that you do a 12 team draft, it just gets thinner so much quicker than what you would realize from a 10, especially with a.

[Field Yates]

Three wide receiver league.

[Daniel Dopp]

100%.

[Mike Clay]

Yeah. Jalen Wright is going to be out for a couple of weeks. Ollie Gordon should be the two and should have an opportunity. He's going to carry the ball a bit early in the season. My guess is that he will like Jeff Wilson will be off the practice squad, they brought him back, but I don't think he's going to play much. So it should be Gordon and H and early in the season. So it should be. No doubt he'll get an opportunity to earn that role.

[Field Yates]

To me, the more interesting part is what does he do to some the high leverage opportunities for Devon Achan. Is Ali Gordon taking away goal line work?

[Mike Clay]

I don't necessarily think so. I mean, their offense last year was even like bubble screens to Achan at the goal line.

[Field Yates]

I know, but could that change because they had nobody else to do that. Like, could this be again? There have been players that have been sort of to the chagrin of fantasy managers. Could he be. To the chagrin?

[Daniel Dopp]

Yeah, maybe finally grabbing a tight end for what it's worth.

[Field Yates]

That's a good value.

[Mike Clay]

Yeah, it is.

[Daniel Dopp]

Listen, he got paid. Jake Ferguson got the bag. Dallas Cowboys don't know how to play defense. It doesn't seem like they're going to be the Bengals of the NFC where they just have to throw the ball and score a lot of points. Especially after the. Did you guys hear Micah Parsons got traded?

[Field Yates]

What? What?

[Mike Clay]

Too?

[Daniel Dopp]

Yeah, it was. It was real tough.

[Field Yates]

Dang. To who?

[Daniel Dopp]

I don't want to talk about a field too soon.

[Mike Clay]

That's it. It's funny, honestly.

[Daniel Dopp]

We got good finally for the first time in the entirety of my life. It's been over 40 years.

[Field Yates]

It is funny how I got like last night after the trade. The two text threads that were most passionate are Michigan Men League 100% and then my sister's fiance, who is a gigantic Lions fan who may one day take my place in the Michigan men league. Just like stream of consciousness, getting all the starts out there. It was therapy for half an hour. It's okay. And the ironic part too, Mike, is that part of the thought process from Lions fans wasn't just, hey, Micah Parsons is a packed. But they're like, does this mean we have to pay $850 million next year? Like, okay, Hutch is amazing, but like you, it's okay to reward great guys. But yeah, that deal did sort of blow the market. That then is, wow, Stefania just made everybody mad. We're taking Marsh. Marvin Mims. Nice pick, Stefania. Dave, our producer's not happy about that.

[Daniel Dopp]

No. Yeah, sorry about that, Dave.

[Mike Clay]

I don't know what to make of Mims. I think that's an appropriate spot for him. But also like, are they actually going to expand his role this year? Or maybe question, is it going to be Pat? Brian is going to catch nine balls in Week one?

[Daniel Dopp]

Or are they going to trade for Tyreek Hill?

[Mike Clay]

Who are them guys? Like, who are them players that teams are hiding right now? Like, it is a Keon Coleman. Is it Pat Bryant? Like, who are them guys in Week one? We're gonna be like, whoa, they were way busier than we expected.

[Daniel Dopp]

Isaac Tesla, I'm telling you guys right now, but I feel like he's gonna be.

[Mike Clay]

He's gonna be like year one and two, Jameson Williams. I feel like he's gonna have a bunch of explosive plays but not be startable in fantasy.

[Daniel Dopp]

I agree with that.

[Mike Clay]

Actually. He's gonna have one catch for 80 yards and it's totally fair.

[Daniel Dopp]

He'll be much better for the actual franchise than he would be for fantasy.

[Mike Clay]

Man here. I like a lot underrated receivers. I was. I already had Tedro and McMillan, so I was a little less likely to take Xavier Leggette. But I think we didn't talk about this the other day. But doing projections, there's always guys that kind of project high because there's a lot of volume to be had and they're sneaky players like Darnell Mooney last year. Cortland Sutton would have been really good examples of that this year. Now I almost wish this happened earlier in the season, but when Adam Thielen got traded, the Panthers defense is not very good. They're not afraid to throw the football. There's a lot of targets to be had in the Carolina wide receiver room. And remember Xavier Leggett was a first round pick last season who had a pretty big target share. So even with Tetaroa, Xavier Leggett and Jalen Coker could hang. Should be drafted. I think both of them, like are all three Panthers receivers. Coker, they said is going to be in the slot, but Xavier can be one of them sneaky guys and ends up like wide receiver 35 this year or something and kind of flew under the radar. So I love him. I've been. I was taking him as a late round flyer earlier in the off season. Now he's a little more expensive obviously, but I like to pick a lot.

[Field Yates]

One of them sneaky guys, one of Mike Clay saying that is, that is.

[Mike Clay]

And there goes Jalen Coker to find.

[Field Yates]

It takes Brian Robinson Jr. By the way, I think it's worth noting because we had this conversation following the or during the right after the trade of Brian Robinson Jr. To the Niners. We were in the Bahamas when that took place. A day or two after we had that conversation. Kyle Shanahan came out and was like Brian Robinson are too. So worth noting that if you have Christian McCaffrey per Kyle Shanahan, the feeling is that if something happens to CMC, the most likely first man up is Brian Robinson Jr. The million dollar question is if something happens to CMC, is it Brian Robinson Jr. In a 55% of the snap role or is it Brian Robinson Jr. In a 65 to 70% of the snap?

[Mike Clay]

Yeah and peak. Brian Robinson was still a 55% snap guy in Washington, so definitely have to think they would use multiple guys but also Brian Robinson. Very similar dynamic to Jordan Mason, which we saw get 25 carries a game early last season. Not much involvement in the passing game, so plenty of opportunity there.

[Field Yates]

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[Mike Clay]

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[Field Yates]

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[Mike Clay]

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[Daniel Dopp]

Stefania wanted us to know that Marvin Wims was her sixth wide receiver by the way. So just good bench depth at the wide receiver spot. I'm going to follow the field GHQ here. There's not anyone that I'm just in love with on the board right now. And even though I already have a guy named Lamar Jackson, why not grab another quarterback just because it's a 12 team lead quarterbacks? I'd rather have a second one that I could, you know, potentially count on. So I'm going to go with JJ McCarthy. See what a second year leap could potentially be. If there's someone that could make a jump here in his sophomore season, even though it's his rookie season but it's a sophomore season, I don't know. How do you. How do we say that.

[Field Yates]

Oh, I, I call it the sophomore season. But in the NBA, this would make him eligible to be rookie of the Year.

[Daniel Dopp]

To be a rookie.

[Field Yates]

Right.

[Daniel Dopp]

NFL doesn't do that though, does it?

[Field Yates]

They do not do that. Like remember Joel Embiid and I think Blake Griffin. Both name were named or on the ballot for Rookie of the Year during their second season. Mike has no idea who Joel Embiid or Blake Griffin are.

[Mike Clay]

I've heard of those guys. I've heard their names.

[Field Yates]

You're from Philadelphia.

[Mike Clay]

Yeah. So of course I know Joel Embiid basketball player. Blake Griffin, I've heard of him. Yeah, I know. He was pretty good for a while. He's not playing number one.

[Field Yates]

No, he is retired. He's now going to do work for Amazon.

[Daniel Dopp]

He probably has a podcast.

[Field Yates]

He was a former Piston. He's actually hilarious. Blake Griffin is an amazing actor.

[Mike Clay]

If Joe Mixon doesn't play this year, who is going to lead the Houston backfield in touches?

[Field Yates]

Dari Agumbu. Wally.

[Mike Clay]

Yeah, Damien. I think this is the part of the draft where you throw darts at some guys. And I took a dart at Damen Pierce here. I would not be surprised if he's their lead back in week one.

[Daniel Dopp]

Is that our league punishment? We throw darts at some guys? If you come in last place.

[Mike Clay]

Well, you and I would eat the hot sauce. This guy won't. Maybe he gets darts at him.

[Field Yates]

I had only, only a couple people in the DMS yesterday. Call me a gigantic wimp, but meaner than that.

[Daniel Dopp]

That's not.

[Mike Clay]

That's my. How are you feeling, by the way? Pretty good. You're pretty good. Yeah, me too. Now, I was hearing sounds for a couple hours, but I don't know if it was dairy or spice or both. Yeah, both.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yeah, I had a lot of. I had a lot of milk yesterday, so.

[Field Yates]

Yeah, it wasn't a bad decision.

[Daniel Dopp]

It wasn't a bad choice though. It wasn't. It was a good choice. It was a good bit.

[Mike Clay]

It was a good bit, I'll give you that.

[Daniel Dopp]

Thanks, guys. I appreciate that.

[Mike Clay]

Well executed.

[Daniel Dopp]

I don't really want to take anyone else here. I'm gonna just take another title end. Why not? I mean, Jake Ferguson's my guy. What if. What if Dalton Kincaid does finally put it together for. For Josh Allen?

[Mike Clay]

Not Kyle Pitts, though.

[Field Yates]

Wow.

[Daniel Dopp]

I don't think so. I think I'm willing to let someone else be. Right on. Kyle Pitts. And it's okay if it's not me.

[Field Yates]

Jared Goff still waiting for you right.

[Daniel Dopp]

Now I can add him off of waivers, I'm pretty sure.

[Field Yates]

Wow.

[Daniel Dopp]

Just like knowing Mike Clay has Talked down his ATP so low now so much.

[Mike Clay]

143.

[Daniel Dopp]

I don't love it, but we're at the part now this is all like. I mean, this is dart throw territory. Who do you want to. I mean, you may end up cutting the player that you just drafted for someone that comes along and waivers here in week three. So this is dart throw territory for sure. I'm at the point where when I'm in the draft board, I start seeing defenses and kickers above other skill position players.

[Field Yates]

Stefania does was. This is Stefania though. This is, this is. This is her strategy. And it was worked out pretty well in the past. She just took Brandon Aubrey.

[Mike Clay]

She does kickers off the board.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yep.

[Mike Clay]

Can't get behind it. No way. Last round kickers.

[Field Yates]

All right. Last round for kickers.

[Daniel Dopp]

I love Trevor Lawrence coming off the board as the last pick of the 13th round.

[Field Yates]

Okay. I likey. I likey a lot. I am going to take, by the.

[Mike Clay]

Way, Goff is in Green Bay Week 1. They go to Green Bay, right? They do, yeah. See, so even if you take it, you're not taking him to stream them.

[Field Yates]

Week one. I got an interesting.

[Mike Clay]

Especially against Micah now. I mean, that's a pretty good defense.

[Daniel Dopp]

I'm actually the most pumped pumped that we're going to play the Green Bay packers in week one because it's the shortest amount of time that Michael Parsons will have to like get acclimated to the team. Right. Like, I don't want to play him at all, but at least to have it be in week one where he doesn't really have the full grasp of the play.

[Mike Clay]

But still, you're probably not streaming green bay week one, I imagine.

[Field Yates]

Okay, so we're into round 14 here. I have just two picks left because I had the first pick of round 14. I did want to mention a player that falls into the very rare category here of wide receiver insurance policy Andre Yoshibas, who I think will be the next man up. Mike is immediately like shaking his head like, you're a dummy.

[Mike Clay]

It's not that you're dummy. I don't know, like, I don't know if I'd feel great plugging him into my lineup even if T. Higgins is out or.

[Field Yates]

Yeah, wow.

[Mike Clay]

I don't know. He wasn't that great last year in that position.

[Field Yates]

I just think he is.

[Mike Clay]

What did I say?

[Field Yates]

Yoshi Pulse is saying Yosivas. Yosivash.

[Mike Clay]

YOSHIVAS it's the 14th round like Mike.

[Field Yates]

Is taking, you know, it's Nikolas Kenny Mead bit back in the day.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yes.

[Mike Clay]

Oh, yeah.

[Daniel Dopp]

Love that guy.

[Field Yates]

Yeah, I saw Kenny recently. In the summer, actually.

[Daniel Dopp]

How many running backs do you have on your squad field?

[Field Yates]

I have four.

[Daniel Dopp]

I've got four as well. Mike, what about you?

[Mike Clay]

Let's see, I threw a couple flyers, so I got one, two. Oh, wait, it's right at the bottom there. Funny, technology. Looks like I have five.

[Daniel Dopp]

Five.

[Mike Clay]

I took Stevenson, Sampson and Pierce with my last three picks just at. Just start throwing running backs.

[Daniel Dopp]

I was gonna do Sampson if. If he made it back.

[Mike Clay]

Samsonite.

[Daniel Dopp]

Oh, I was way off. Well, I got a guy that I've been eyeing up. I mean, a fair amount, if I'm honest with you.

[Field Yates]

Okay, who is it?

[Daniel Dopp]

Well, I wanted to take Alec Ale Manor, but I already have Calvin Ridley, so I don't feel like I can do it.

[Field Yates]

That would be thievery. But I. I can't take any more players that play wide receivers.

[Mike Clay]

So you can do it.

[Field Yates]

Don't worry.

[Daniel Dopp]

Oh, man, I really want to, but.

[Mike Clay]

I'm not gonna move him up a bit. I'm. I'm hearing what you're saying on EO Manor, potentially taking a job there.

[Field Yates]

Do you see how persuasive I've become to Mike?

[Daniel Dopp]

Yeah.

[Field Yates]

Is it the hair? The hair did.

[Daniel Dopp]

It certainly does.

[Mike Clay]

I would hope we all learn from each other. Okay.

[Field Yates]

Yeah.

[Daniel Dopp]

I don't like this at all, guys. I don't feel good about anyone. I guess I'm gonna take. I'm gonna take Kendra Miller.

[Mike Clay]

All right, that's fine.

[Field Yates]

That's fine. Yeah, it's a good pick right there.

[Mike Clay]

I think sometimes we'll talk about a guy and I'll be like, all right, I need to like google him and read like the beat reports on guys their generate if they're playing well. Like, because they took. They took two fourth round receivers. Yeah. So like why A o' Manor over dk?

[Field Yates]

Well, I thought. Well, DK is more of a slot guy. I thought AO Manor was a much higher ceiling prospect.

[Mike Clay]

I think most agree. But they both went. I thought DK went first. I think actually he went ahead of him.

[Field Yates]

I O manor slept a little bit, fell a little bit because they had terrible quarterback play. He has this penchant for making unbelievable catches, but had some concentration drops last year as he did drop 300 yards against Colorado. Remember, you guys may recall that a couple years ago there's a guy named Travis Hunter who was playing defense for Colorado at that time too. Not exclusively, you know, but like wasn't like he was the only guy that was covering him. But good. No via pulse over there. Thank you.

[Mike Clay]

I can't believe Caleb Williams came out this late. How. What QB is that off the board? I mean he went behind Geno Smith, Trevor Lawrence.

[Field Yates]

Oh wow. Really people.

[Mike Clay]

McCarthy. I can't believe it. Like he runs too. There's so much upside with him.

[Daniel Dopp]

I can't wait to see who chat's going to like the most at the end of this. Make sure you jump into our YouTube chat. If you have not been in there already, go in and let us know.

[Field Yates]

I feel like to a reminder, Eric Moody is going to be in the chat hanging out. Yes. Quarterback 10 for Caleb.

[Mike Clay]

Okay, no further than 10.

[Field Yates]

Quarterback 19. Quarterback 19.

[Mike Clay]

Yeah. Way, way later than expected for a guy with that kind of ceiling. He, even if he's not super efficient, which he may be, with the skill guys around around him, he can run. He can run for a ton of yards too. So I mean he hung in the fringe. In the. In the fringe QB1 conversation last year. Yeah, and a lot of that came during against a light schedule. But with that supporting house with Ben Johnson with the dual threat ability, the ceiling is super high there. So I'll gladly throw a. Throw a dart. We're in dart throw terror territory.

[Daniel Dopp]

We're at the point now where we're taking kickers and defenses. Why don't we take a quick look back at the squads that we have. Mike, you're on the clock.

[Field Yates]

Yeah, because we're just getting to kickers and defenses left. You can just run through it and people can start to process their analysis.

[Daniel Dopp]

Well, field, because I'm on the clock next. Why don't we go through your.

[Field Yates]

Picks left. All right. My team is all but done. I just have a kicker in defense to draft. Here is who I have. Quarterback Drake May with Justin Fields on the bench. Running back Chuber. I mean whatever. We can determine that later. Chuba Hubbard and Travion Henderson are my presumed presumptive starters with J.K. dobbins and Basil. Basil Tootin probably a little thin running back. That being said, receiver, I am loaded on up. Nico Collins, Brian Thomas Jr. Jalen Waddle with George Pickens in my flex. Currently Cedric Tillman, Josh Palmer and Mike's least favorite player, Andre Yosivas. Tight end David and Joku. And we'll get a defense and a kicker in just a moment here.

[Mike Clay]

I like that.

[Field Yates]

I was a little patient at quarterback.

[Mike Clay]

Yeah, you were.

[Field Yates]

I Mean just stacked at wide receivers. Stacked.

[Mike Clay]

Yeah, that's a. That's a fun wide receiver room for sure. I like that.

[Field Yates]

That a lot.

[Mike Clay]

I don't like it.

[Daniel Dopp]

I mean I. I don't like it.

[Mike Clay]

Because it's so you're facing off, that's why.

[Daniel Dopp]

Right, right. Not because I don't actually like it. My squad, when we look at everyone that I have got, I just took my first defense. So I have got Lamar Jackson, Jameer Gibbs and Chase Brown at the running back spot. Xavier Worthy, Calvin Ridley, Ricky Pierce all. And I waited at tight end not because I wanted to, but because that's just the way the board fell. Ended up going with Jake Ferguson. My flex is either going to be Isaiah Pacheco because I wanted to grab that third running back that I felt like had starting value or Debo Samuels slash Jordan Addison once Jordan Addison comes back from his three game suspension. The rest of my bench is Jaden Blue, JJ McCarthy, Dalton Kincaid as a dart throw at tight end just in case Jake Ferguson doesn't work out. He's probably one of the guys that I would drop as I get into waiver territory within the first couple of weeks if I need it. And then Kendra Miller, really the only guy behind Alvin Camara right now in New Orleans.

[Field Yates]

You know what I don't like this year? Pretty much any of the good defenses early in the season they all face tough teams. So what I did is I ended up taking the Cardinals who draw the Saints in week one. So I'll be playing the stream game early.

[Mike Clay]

Oh yeah. But Denver has Tennessee or something. There's a couple.

[Field Yates]

I mean Denver is really good anyways, but yeah, like I'm not sure how good of a defense Arizona is or is not, but I do love their matchup.

[Mike Clay]

Oh, their front. Their defensive line is.

[Field Yates]

Should be good. Yeah. I mean Walter Nolan, they don't even.

[Mike Clay]

Need him though early on. They're stacked up front.

[Daniel Dopp]

Josh, why don't we quickly talk about your squad.

[Field Yates]

Hit me. What do you got?

[Mike Clay]

Who your squad. You call me Josh.

[Daniel Dopp]

My name is Mike. Did I say Josh?

[Mike Clay]

I think you said Josh.

[Daniel Dopp]

Did I say.

[Field Yates]

I said Joshua Sweat when he.

[Daniel Dopp]

There we go.

[Mike Clay]

That's what.

[Field Yates]

What it is.

[Mike Clay]

I justird super bowl champion winning.

[Daniel Dopp]

All right.

[Mike Clay]

Okay. Yeah. I mean your guys, you solid teams. You have a couple weak spots. Like I decided not to have any weak spots in mine.

[Field Yates]

Interesting.

[Mike Clay]

So it was a different strategy.

[Daniel Dopp]

No big deal.

[Mike Clay]

Yeah, it's. Let's see, I got a kicker coming up here. Okay. Quarterback Kyler Murray running backs. I'll just. I'll do my starters first in my bench, I got Kyler. Running backs are Bishon Robinson and Bucky Irving. Like that a lot. Wide receivers lad McConkey, Tet Tet a row. Excuse me, McMillan, Zay Flowers and Jacoby Myers also have Cooper cup off the bench. Tight end is Samuel Laporta. As we determined Samuel Joseph and then Ben Shai. Again, I just. Guys were falling, so again I took cup. Mark Andrews and Caleb Williams are the backup tight end and quarterback and they came very cheap. And then I just threw darts at more running back depth here. Ramon Dre Stevenson. Dylan Sampson, who very well could be the Brown starter early on or throughout the season if he beats out Drum Ford and again took a shot on Damen Pierce in case he just has 15 touches in week one, which is very possible because I haven't heard much positivity about Nick Chubb. So taking a shot there that he's the guy. I like that I like.

[Daniel Dopp]

When you look at the chat, I just. Just going to say I went in. I was going in to look at my report card. What did Mike Clay give you a C? That's. That's.

[Mike Clay]

Let's see.

[Daniel Dopp]

Lander.

[Mike Clay]

That checks out. Honestly, I. I got a. What you get?

[Field Yates]

You got an A, didn't you?

[Mike Clay]

I got number 1A. Yeah.

[Field Yates]

What? Are you kidding me?

[Mike Clay]

Wow.

[Field Yates]

You have the best team.

[Mike Clay]

We go through the power rankings.

[Field Yates]

Yes.

[Mike Clay]

Miller Light, Mike first team Moody second. Daniel's third with a B. So the first two are A's. Of course. Moody gets an A. Naturally, B's are trophy smackdown. Daniel, Kiss the baby, the bus, Team Loza, the producer and team Zach. And then we got into the C's at the bus bottom. The 8ers going to eat Team Bell. And this is slanderous.

[Field Yates]

Slanderous.

[Daniel Dopp]

I'll tell you what, it all looks good to me when you look at the YouTube chat. YouTube chat has two teams that are clearly above the third team.

[Field Yates]

They say, Mike, I'm going to be so mad.

[Daniel Dopp]

Their two favorite teams out of our three.

[Field Yates]

Out of all them.

[Daniel Dopp]

Out of our three.

[Field Yates]

Okay.

[Daniel Dopp]

Is field.

[Field Yates]

Yes.

[Daniel Dopp]

And mine.

[Mike Clay]

That's their favorite. That's embarrassing. And I expected more from the chat.

[Daniel Dopp]

I just a slight edge over field in chat right now. But the idea that Mike's third is all that matters.

[Field Yates]

I don't care about my team.

[Mike Clay]

So good. I don't understand.

[Field Yates]

My team is so good.

[Daniel Dopp]

By the way, Eric or team Moody, like getting an A in this draft. He's going to Be hanging out in the YouTube chat literally all season long. Come in and hang out with him as well.

[Field Yates]

Did you read your team, Daniel?

[Daniel Dopp]

I did read my team. I. The problem is, is when I read it field, you probably were just like, oh my gosh, there's no way that's an actual team. You must be reading just good players.

[Field Yates]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Good player.

[Daniel Dopp]

That's what it is. So no, I got a good looking team. I'm pumped about this.

[Field Yates]

This is amazing.

[Daniel Dopp]

This is going to be a really fun year. I mean, 12 teams always makes it a little bit harder to on waivers. That's one of the things that we've got to figure out. So we'll see how that transpires. We also, just for league context, we have two IR spots so you can grab people and put them onto the IR position and grab someone else off of waivers from there. You had two quarterbacks, correct?

[Field Yates]

I have two quarterbacks, yes.

[Daniel Dopp]

Is that a strategy that you normally employ in a 12 team league?

[Field Yates]

It just depends on who my starting quarterback is. And because I was really patient, I wanted to pair somebody with Drake May.

[Daniel Dopp]

Just to give me someone else.

[Field Yates]

If I take in Josh Allen. I was not going to take a second quarterback here. I want to propose this and we'll just take a couple minutes here before we say goodbye. And we have 40%. No, a third of the league here at least, so they can answer in lifetime. Do you guys believe that we should be paying this off with like some sort of punishment each week? Like there has to be some sizzle to this league, right?

[Mike Clay]

Yeah. Mike, are you into this 100%.

[Field Yates]

Like you spin the wheel and whether it's. We could either. I think lowest scoring team of the week definitely has some real juice behind it because. Because it creates incentive to not stop setting your lineups and all that, all that stuff. But I think it could be hilarious to do that.

[Mike Clay]

There is a wheel right outside this wall right here. Is this like impractical jokers where they go to the mall and they like spin it? I don't know if we'll go that far. It can't be like you have to like lick someone's foot or something.

[Daniel Dopp]

That wheel has been sitting out there since we stopped doing the fantasy show with Matthew Berry and it's still sitting in our loading.

[Field Yates]

One of the options that Pulse suggested is the highest scoring team for the week renames the lowest scoring team's name for the week.

[Daniel Dopp]

Oh, that's not bad.

[Field Yates]

Suck a Butt is Daniel's new.

[Daniel Dopp]

That is my Honestly, I tried to put it in there. ESPN was like, no, we can't, sorry. There's children in this league. So I would love to have, I would love to be able to have. And by the way, if you're watching the YouTube chat right now, you can look at the board of the entire draft that we just had. We are making our way through that right now. You see through the eighth round as it is. But I think having a weekly loser punishment is great.

[Field Yates]

I think it adds real juice.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yeah, there's a little bit of like it's something on the line every single week. It's not just waiting to the end of the season.

[Field Yates]

Yep.

[Daniel Dopp]

There's something to play for every single week. To not be that last place team.

[Mike Clay]

Yeah, I like it. By the way, just a quick observation on waivers here. There's a guy that pops out who was not drafted and understandably because I don't think he's going to be usable a lot of the season because of him being on Minnesota. But early on, Adam Thielen, first couple of weeks with no Jordan Addison I think is going to be usable. He projects well ahead of everyone else, so. So he's a guy that may go undrafted in your league out there and 10 and 12 team leaks. That could be a flex option early on in the season. So just something to monitor.

[Daniel Dopp]

What do you see that role once Jordan Addison comes back, he goes to the fourth pass catcher behind, you know, Jefferson Addison and T.J. hawkinson probably.

[Mike Clay]

Yeah, I think so. And I think it's going to affect Jordan Addison too. I feel like he's a little bit less appealing to me because we haven't seen him consistently have a super high target share. So he's out three games. He's, he comes back. Adam Thielen's not going to just completely disappear. And we know TJ Hawkinson's target share should be higher than last year. We know Justin Stewart and Jeff, Justin Jefferson's not going anywhere. So I think like I'm, I'm actually in the back of my mind like is Addison going to be a guy we're comfortable starting in 10 team leagues even when he's back now?

[Daniel Dopp]

It's a great question.

[Mike Clay]

Yeah, I think like you handled it right because he's a bench player. It could be a flex option in a 12 team league, but I don't know. It's an int. He's a, it's an interesting, interesting one.

[Field Yates]

I will say this as a closing thought because it applies to what I was talking about with Travis Hunter is. Sometimes we on the outside try to figure out exactly what the plan is for a player at the moment he is acquired. Whereas I think sometimes teams look at it as this is a really unique opportunity. Whether it's because the guy has potential to play both sides of the ball like Travis Hunter, or in the case of Minnesota acquiring Adam Thielen. It's bringing back an incredibly beloved player at a position with where they are currently quite thin at a reasonable cost. That makes it more attractive to them. Right.

[Mike Clay]

So, yeah, but he's. I mean, there's a reason you spend those picks to get him, though. He's going to play a big role early in the season.

[Field Yates]

I do have news from Stefania. She sends his Daniel, but Daniel never checks his text.

[Daniel Dopp]

Well, I don't know about that.

[Field Yates]

Stefania and I quote and I think this is actually a great quote. As a matter of fact, I almost said it was myself from Stefania. I can't wait for Fields and my C teams to meet the playoffs.

[Daniel Dopp]

That's right. Roasted Mike Clay.

[Mike Clay]

Do I seem concerned about this? I'm just texting.

[Daniel Dopp]

I don't.

[Field Yates]

What a joke of a grade from Stefania. Literally. Facts, facts.

[Daniel Dopp]

Week one, my projection is 137.5. It's the second highest in the league. And yet for some reason, Mike Clay got an A for the draft rather than me. Also, I have to go against Eric Moody, whose projection is 140.2.

[Mike Clay]

Yes. Okay.

[Daniel Dopp]

No, I'm projected to start one and one because I'm still going to be the. One of the highest scoring teams in the league.

[Mike Clay]

That's the way that I'm also Projected to win 136. All right. It's probably just some, you know, my guys are going to come out with, you know, some. Some tough schedule here in week one. All right.

[Daniel Dopp]

Is that what it is?

[Mike Clay]

That's all it is. All right.

[Field Yates]

Well, you know what?

[Mike Clay]

This is a tough, you know, State Flowers just going to Buffalo.

[Daniel Dopp]

That's all those mock drafts that we just had with each other and knowing where we all go, we got to put our money where our mouth is for our actual show draft. It's going to be really fun to see how this league plays out. Shout out to everyone that is in it, all of them, our producers as well as Matt from Trophy Smack. Super pumped to be able to have everybody here. And I'm going to say one last time, our buddy Eric Moody, come hang out with him in the chat. He loves answering questions, loves being able to hang out with people and figure out if you have any questions going on, on your team, on your squad, who you want to draft, who should pick up on waivers. Eric is the guy that we turn to, especially on fantasy football now on Sunday mornings.

[Mike Clay]

So he drafted a better team than both of you, so.

[Daniel Dopp]

Well, I don't know.

[Field Yates]

Excuse me.

[Daniel Dopp]

My team you draft is not the team you finish with, Mike Clay, all right? I'd like to tell you that right now.

[Mike Clay]

So you're admitting that you need work. You have work to be done.

[Daniel Dopp]

No, that's not what I'm saying. That's what it Stop talking. Don't forget to love each other. Be kind to yourself.

[Mike Clay]

So angry.

[Daniel Dopp]

And we'll see you guys on Tuesday. Enjoy Labor Day weekend. Have a ton of fun. Enjoy your drafts. We'll see you guys next week.

[Field Yates]

Later.

[Daniel Dopp]

Fantasy for.

[Field Yates]

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